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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Cherwell District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
20,327 approved · 1,954 refused · 1,071 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jul 2015 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Birch Hill Burdrop Oxfordshire OX15 5RQ
Received 1 Apr 202517 Fairview Road Banbury OX16 5HU
Received 7 Jan 2022Axis J9 Phase 1 OS Parcel 4200 Adjoining Middleton Road And Empire Road Bicester
Received 31 Jul 202510 Lerwick Croft Bicester OX26 4XL
Received 7 Aug 202320B Market Square Bicester OX26 6AD
Received 21 Nov 2019Old Post House New Street Deddington Banbury OX15 0SP
Received 24 Sept 2018Drayton Lodge Farmhouse Warwick Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX17 1HJ
Received 31 Aug 2022Local Centre Western Parcel Longford Park Road Banbury OX15 4GL
Received 21 Aug 20253 Shepherds Close Weston On The Green Bicester OX25 3RF
Received 25 Sept 2023Merriemakers Horton Hill Horton Cum Studley OX33 1AU
Received 21 Oct 201982 Blenheim Road Kidlington OX5 2HR
Received 8 May 201915 - 16 Market Square Bicester OX26 6AD
Received 12 Mar 2024Manor Court Cottage North Side Steeple Aston Bicester OX25 4SE
Received 7 Mar 202433 Wykham Lane Bodicote Banbury OX15 4BW
Received 21 Nov 2023Beren House East End Adderbury OX17 3NJ
Received 18 Jan 2022Castle Quay 2 Spiceball Park Road Banbury OX16 2PA
Received 4 Feb 202120 Springfield Avenue Banbury OX16 9HT
Received 3 Nov 2021Edward Field Primary School Bicester Road Kidlington OX5 2LG
Received 7 Jun 2023North Aston Millhouse And Attached Bridge Somerton Road North Aston OX25 6HZ
Received 6 Aug 2020Land South East Of Alchester Terrace Bicester
Received 27 Nov 2025Long Leys Queen Street Bloxham OX15 4QQ
Received 8 Sept 2025Hermitage The Green Adderbury Banbury OX17 3ND
Received 14 Nov 2022Land And Tpo Trees At Wansbeck Drive Bicester
Received 25 Nov 2021Claydon Hay Farm House Claydon Hay Farm Boddington Road Claydon OX17 1HD
Received 22 May 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Cherwell District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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